buenaventura
Spanish, noun/bwenabenˈtuɾa/
buenaventura is spelled B-U-E-N-A-V-E-N-T-U-R-A (12 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buenaventura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “good fortune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adivinación de la suerte o del porvenir de alguien a través de métodos fetichistas”.
What does buenaventura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegood fortune
- 2
femininepalm reading; palmistry
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adivinación de la suerte o del porvenir de alguien a través de métodos fetichistas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of buenaventura
- buenaventuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buenaventura?
- /bwenabenˈtuɾa/
- [bwe.na.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
- [bwenaβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪uɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is buenaventura in Spanish?
buenaventura appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).